Professional background
- MSc Tropical Landuse, Wageningen University (2005)
- Research assistant, Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University (2005)
- PhD student, Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University (2005 - 2010)
Professional fields of interest
Tropical forest ecology, climate change, biodiversity, ecophysiology, Functional traits, drought and shade tolerance, secondary forests, seed and seedling ecology
Other positions internal and external university
Associated researcher, Bolivian Institute of Forestry Research (IBIF), Bolivia
Completed research project
Key publications
- Markesteijn, L.; Poorter, L.; Paz, H.; Sack, L.; Bongers, F. (2011)
Ecological differentiation in xylem cavitation resistance is associated with stem and leaf structural traits. Plant, cell and environment 34 (1). - p. 137 - 148.
- Markesteijn, L.; Poorter, L.; Paz, H.; Sack, L.; Bongers, F. (2011) Hydraulics and life-history of tropical dry forest tree species: coordination of species´ drought and shade tolerance. New Phytologist (Online first) doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03708.x
- Onoda, Y.; Westoby, M.; Adler, N.E.; Choong, A.M.L.; Clissold, F.J.; Cornelissen, J.H.C.; Diaz, S.; Dominy, N.J.; Elgart, A.; Markesteijn, L.; Poorter, L.; Kitajima, K. (2011) Global patterns of leaf mechanical properties Ecology Letters 14 (3). - p. 301 - 312.
- Markesteijn, L.; Poorter, L.; Paz, H.; Sack, L.; Bongers, F. (2010)
Ecological differentiation in xylem cavitation resistance is associated with stem and leaf structural traits (Online first). Plant, cell and environment .
- Markesteijn, L.; Iraipi, J.; Bongers, F.; Poorter, L. (2010) Seasonal variation in soil and plant water potentials in a Bolivian tropical moist and dry forest. Journal of Ecology 26: 497-508
- Markesteijn, L. (2010) Drought tolerance of tropical tree species; Functional Traits, Trade-offs and Species Distribution. PhD thesis, Wageningen University, the Netherlands. ISBN 978-90-8585-534-7; 204 pp.With references, with summaries in English, Dutch and Spanish
- Sterck, F.J.; Couralet, C.; Nangendo, G.; Wassie Eshete, Alemayehu; Sahle, Y.; Sass-Klaassen, U.; Markesteijn, L.; Bekele, T.; Bongers, F. (2010) Juniperus procera (Cupressaceae) in Afromontane Forests in Ethiopia: From Tree Growth and Population Dynamics to Sustainable Forest Use. In: Degraded Forests in Eastern Africa: management and resoration / Tennigkeit, T, Bongers, F, . - London : The Earthscan Forest Library
- Markesteijn, L.; Poorter, L. (2009) Seedling root morphology and biomass allocation of 62 tropical tree species in relation to drought- and shade-tolerance. Journal of Ecology 97 (2). - p. 311 - 325.
Markesteijn, L.; Poorter, L.; Yanguas-Fernández, E. (2008) La disponibilidad hídrica estacional y topográfica en un bosque seco y húmedo tropical y la variacion en la morfologia de las plántulas arbóreas. Revista Boliviana de Ecologia y Conservación Ambiental 24: 27 - 42.
- Poorter, L.; Markesteijn, L. (2008) Seedling traits determine drought tolerance of tropical tree species. Biotropica 40 (3). - p. 321 - 331.
- Markesteijn, L.; Poorter, L.; Bongers, F. (2007)
Light dependant leaf trait variation in 43 tropical dry forest tree species. American Journal of Botany 94(4): 515–525
- Markesteijn, L.(2005) Functional leaf traits. Anatomical adaptations to different light environments and functional groups in a Bolivian dry forest. MSc thesis, Wageningen University. Summary
- Markesteijn, L. (2004) Functional leaf traits. Morphological adaptations to different light environments and functional groups in a Bolivian dry forest. MSc thesis, Wageningen University. Summary
- Markesteijn, L. (2003) Seed rain and soil seed bank along a chronosequence of tropical lowland rainforest in Chiapas, southern Mexico. MSc thesis, Wageningen University. Summary